The police intervention begins with the receipt of the report or request for protection against any form of domestic violence from whomever and in whatever way; Sending police officers to the location, checking on the report or request for protection and taking measures and actions to help the victim for the purpose of providing medical assistance and preventing further violence; Collecting information and data necessary for resolving the case and providing evidence; Placing the perpetrator in police custody (if the legal requirements for this are met), requesting the institution of misdemeanour proceedings, in accordance with articles 118 and 362 of the Family Act, and bringing the perpetrator before the magistrate; In the request for instituting misdemeanour proceedings, depending on the circumstances, the applicant may also demand that adequate protection measures be ordered (e.g. taking away the weapon from the perpetrator); When the victim of domestic violence is a minor, or when a minor witnesses the perpetration of an act of violence, the criminal police officers specializing in juvenile delinquency are to intervene because of the suspicion that the act may constitute a criminal offence specified in article 213 of the Criminal Code; Preparing notification for the social welfare personnel to inform them about what has been done and established with a view to possible follow-up social interventions and measures from within their jurisdiction.
- Cuando la víctima de la violencia doméstica es un menor, o cuando un menor presencia la comisión del acto de violencia, los agentes de la policía de lo penal que se especializan en la delincuencia juvenil deberán intervenir si existe la sospecha de que un determinado acto puede constituir un delito penal tipificado en el artículo 213 del Código Penal;